After taking a class together at the Sawtooth on a Friday evening, my wife and I headed up the street to Mellow Mushroom to grab a bite for dinner. By that point it was already past 8, but it's a popular spot, so there was still going to be a rather long wait. We opted to sit at the bar, to eat instead of waiting for a table to open up. It's a fun an eclectic interior with lots of brightly colored art to look at and keep your eyes wandering the space. The bartender greeted us and provided menus, but being so busy, she was was busy filling orders for wait staff, and told us it would be a few minutes. It was about 15 minutes before she came back to take our orders, which I don't blame her for. She was friendly, and informed us she was the only one behind the bar. I asked if that was typical for a Friday night, and she suprisingly said yes. We placed our orders, and both actually I got steak and cheese calzones, and it didn't take too long to come out, maybe another 15 minutes, and well worth the wait. It was big, oozing with cheese and fillings, and had a huge pile of ricotta in the middle, it was absolutley delcious. Very flavorful, very filling, and actually lasted me for dinner and lunch the next day. I've been a fan of Mellow Mushroom since college. The restaurants area always fun, and unique from each other and the food has always been really good quality, but the prices are certainly getting a bit out of control. Large pizzas are now nearly $30! Overall, we had a great dinner, enjoyed our leftovers, and would go back, but I do hope they can get their pricing more under control, but also, have at least 2 bartenders working, especially on busy Friday nights. read more

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I love a Mellow Mushroom pizza and this location was just fine. I ordered my favorite, the Super Pep, with pepperoni, peppers, hot honey, ricotta, and cheese. They forgot the ricotta and the hot honey. I had to bring it back to get it fixed. They added ricotta to the pizza that had been out of the oven for 30 minutes. By the time I got home, the pizza was cold and the bottom crust was burned. It really turned me off from this location. The manager did apologize, but the pizza was still a disappointment for $25. read more

Ordered a vegan pizza, received a non vegan pizza. Waited on a replacement. Zero urgency, zero care. Our friends finished their meal and we still didn't receive our replacement pie. I ignored the bad reviews thinking "how bad could it be?" Lesson learned. Manager was nice and comped our friends' pizza. Manager gets 5 stars for trying. read more

Gotta love pizza from Mellow! Only this time we got calzone, so big and tasty. We probably could have shared 1 they were so big. Steak and cheese filling was awesome. The place was pretty busy but we were able to get our food at the bar. It came pretty fast but the bartender seemed a bit stressed having to keep up with drink orders from the whole restaurant and she was solo. All in all, always a good vibe here! read more

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Amazing experience was had at this location! We got here on a saturday night (after a yep event) and were hoping they would take our order. They happily took our order but sadly only for take out. So we pkaced an ordere for the veggie pizza and it was super amazing!! The size, the flavor and the crisp crust was absolutely awesome. We stood outside by the iutsoor tables to finish our pizza and had a blast. Was kinda surprised at how good it was to be honest!! We absolutely LOVED IT read more

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Great pizza and good service! The inside is unique and cool. I always love the drinks they serve. Topnotch restaurant.

Idk if our waitress was having a bad day or not but she forgot our order, only refilled our drinks once, wasn't around to ask for anything and then charged us for the wrong table. The cheesy bread was good but honestly for me the prices were too high for this food that wasn't that good. I would not eat here again but I always say try everything at least once. What may not be my style may be someone else's. And it definitely could have just been a bad day for the restaurant. The manager was apologetic or atleast who I assume was the manager. I will stress that everyone is nice and no one was rude. read more

I went to this Mellow Mushroom about a month ago. There were three of us and we ordered the Holy Shitake and Veg Out pizzas. It was the most delicious pizza I've ever tasted in my entire life! I went to one in Raleigh and it was good but not AS good as this one. Someone at the DTWS location really knows what they are doing. The pizzas looked beautiful and tasted amazing. The service was great and the ambiance was good too. I love the funky colorful decor. read more

Went for a family going away meal. Nice sized location, street parking. Multiple different areas to sit and a nice bar section. The menu had a nice variety of options. I chose a small great white pizza and my son got steak and cheese hoagie . Both were delicious. read more

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Extremely poor service and this isn't the first time. I walked in and sat down at the bar around 4:30pm because no one was waiting or watching to greet customers. I sat at the bar waiting to be acknowledged and received ZERO acknowledgment. There was a guy standing where the To-Go orders are placed but he was looking dumbfounded so I am not sure if he was new or just zoned out. There were two other patrons sitting at the bar looking anxiously for food or beverages I presume, but no one was actively tending to them. A younger slender woman emerged from behind the counter with a cleaning rag and she looked annoyed as two patrons came in and asked to be seated. After that she yelled back to another woman that she had two in the outside dining area. At this point, I see a woman obsessively cleaning the wall of the kitchen area and she is cleaning it so vehemently that I thought she was on punishment or on kitchen duty in basic training. This was the straw that broke the camels back! I left and as I'm walking out I was still not acknowledged. Not even, buy thank you for coming to sit and watch us do nothing! This experience is BEYOND egregious!!! read more

I can't speak for the atmosphere or service as we got takeout, but the food was incredible! I got the great white pizza and had a slice of the pepperoni/hot honey/ricotta pizza someone else had and it was phenomenal! The great white had a nice tang from the roasted tomatoes and I loved how much sweetness came through on the hot honey pizza. The only thing missing was their wings because I love those from Mellow as well. This experience, like all of our others, didn't disappoint! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

This was the most mediocre pizza I've ever had in my life. To begin, we were one of only two parties in the entire restaurant. Even though, it took an HOUR to eat here. Which, okay, if you're some hippy dippy place, you'll say "be cool man," but the street is paid parking. So strike one. Then I ordered the "Mighty Meaty," and it came with chewable bacon. Have you ever wanted to chew your pizza? Well now's your chance. IMHO, it should be crispy, like a well-cooked piece of pepperoni. I picked all the half cooked bacon off my pizza and I was left with a disappointingly boring pizza. So, all said, save your time, your money and the parking meter fees and go anywhere else for pizza. read more

Loved that there are multiple veggie options, they even allow half half pizzas to try different combos. Pizza was fresh and flavors were great The restaurant is loud but energetic. We brought our infant and she did wonderfully in the space. Our waiter checked on us multiple times and was great overall. Will def be back! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Half & Half Pie Holy Shiitake Kosmic Karma - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

We went to Mellow Mushroom with a large work group, and everything was fantastic. The staff handled our big party smoothly -- service was quick, friendly, and well-organized. The chicken wings were perfectly cooked and flavorful, and the basil tomato pizza was fresh, cheesy, and packed with great taste. Everyone at the table enjoyed their food, and the relaxed atmosphere made it an easy place to unwind after work. Definitely a spot I'd recommend for both group outings and casual dinners. read more

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Totally jealous I don't have a Mellow Mushroom near my home in Miami, FL. This place is a trippy, dope vibe with a large variety of pizzas (and more). My pizza was delicious! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Had a very positive experience dining at Mellow Mushroom when our son visited. When we ordered he told the server he had a gluten allergy, to which the server replied, "thank you so much for letting me know." The restaurant offers a gluten free crust and there are several pre-selected topping combos from the menu (Kosmic Karma, for example) that can be prepared "certified gluten free." Or, you can choose from their list of gluten free toppings and build your own pizza. On their website they note that they use gloves, aprons and a special prep area for their gluten free offerings. Much appreciated! Our son ordered the Mighty Meaty and found it to be quite tasty. I ordered a holiday drink, the Merry Mule, which included cranberry syrup, house made lime syrup, and Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, and it was festive and delicious. My Great White Pizza was tasty along with the smaller size Enlightened Spinach Salad. My husband got a calzone, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Great food and service, no complaints. We were hungry so only got a pic of my drink! Cheers! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Merry Mule - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Just okay at best... I rarely rate places a 2 but... this was necessary. The drink I ordered was good, but wayyyy too strong. Coming from someone who usually orders a double on the occasion that I do drink, that says a lot. I ordered the Grateful Dead drink for reference. It has vodka, gin, and rum. I figured it would be strong, but the blue raspberry is very subtle. I drank half and didn't wanna finish the rest Also, I ordered the meatball sub and the meat was very dry. I asked for extra marinara to dip mine in and it still was dry and tough. My husband ordered the sausage fest calzone and his was awesome. I ate a little bit of his and thought it was great. Our server was nice though and everyone smiled at us and seemed happy, so that was definitely a plus. I would usually order pizza but our server said the meatballs were amazing so I decided to give it a try. I probably should have sent it back, but I don't like to do that... just wanted to put my experience out there just in case anyone else loves a good meatball sub as much as I do. We may come back and try the pizza... may not. The atmosphere was great. Good mixture of music for sure. read more

Went in on a Friday night and ordered a pizza well done double cut to go. It wasn't up to standards

We ordered it to go through DoorDash. We were staying at the Marriot so it was a short walk. We ordered a build your own gluten free pizza and a build your own regular crust pineapple, ham, and red pepper pizza. They tasted pretty good. The restaurant was very helpful and prompt about getting us our food in a timely manner. I will say that sometimes else was in the elevator and the smell made me and my wife want it. It was a good choice! read more

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We've talked about visiting Mellow Mushroom for a while now. Since my wife and I were both off work for the Labor Day weekend, we decided to chose a restaurant in downtown Winston. We found street parking in the area and were actually initially headed to another restaurant/bar. We approached the intersection where Mellow Mushroom is located and decided to stop in. The interior decor and feel reminds us a lot of Kaleidoscope Pizzeria & Pub in Medford, Oregon, which we absolutely love and haven't been to in several years. Kaleidoscope has a Grateful Dead theme which also includes a lot of tie dye. The interior of Mellow Mushroom is similar in many ways and is fun and welcoming. We were seated promptly, provided menus and offered drinks. As we perused the menu and did some research we were surprised to learn they were founded in 1974 in Atlanta, and have approximately 200 locations throughout the US, primarily in the Southeast. Our server brought our drinks and we asked him for his recommendations and inquired about the size of the pizza's. He was friendly and helpful and gave us a few more minutes to make our selections. Upon his return, we placed our orders. My wife was being good and decided to try one of their salads. I knew I had to try one of their pizza's and was debating between the 10 inch and the 14 inch because I was confident that I wanted to have leftovers. In the end, my wife chose the Enlightened Spinach Salad with grilled chicken and I ordered the 10 inch Mighty Meaty with extra sauce. My wife used the restroom while we waited and confirmed that it was clean and well stocked. Our meals arrived in a timely fashion and looked incredible. We were very impressed. We both enjoyed the experience and food. We kept commenting about the similarities to Kaleidoscope. We also liked the street side of their dining area which allows the doors to open to the sidewalk area and provides an outdoor sidewalk dining experience along 4th Street. It was a good experience, however, I am a pizza connoisseur and although this was good pizza, I would not consider it great. However, we saw other items such as the calzone and various sandwiches and they looked delicious. My wife also really enjoyed her salad and we want to come back and try additional items on the menu, we would also like to visit some of their other locations as well. read more

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The service was ok it took about 2 hrs for 10 people when no one was getting up I will becoming back just for the wings nothing else

Very cool spot downtown, with seriously fun vibes, good food, great drinks & service, and awesome artwork on the walls. Had a Guinness, a small great white, 4/20 pizza bites (w/beer cheese) & a medium chicken Q (BBQ pizza). Crust was awesome. Highly recommended. (Guinness is over chilled, but 'tiz a minor flaw.) read more

Mellow Mushroom - Guinness. - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

I frequent this downtown Winston location and always have good service. I love the spinach and artichoke dip as well as their various flavors of wings. The staff members are always nice and attentive. The cocktails offered are strong and tasty! Whether I am alone or with family I'm satisfied with each visit. read more

I love some mellow mushroom pizza. Honestly their apps and sandwiches are always delicious as well. read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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LOVE the theme here, and my favorite pizza is, you guessed it, MUSHROOM! Enjoy coming here on busy nights, feels like a college town hangout somehow and keeps me young! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Food was more than decent - I had a half salad that was fresh and tasty with decent dressing and lots of veggies. I also got a small cheese pizza which I took home half home. Tasted best when hot. Not any identifiable type of pizza but good. Not much is open downtown on Mondays so a good option on a Monday night read more

Mellow Mushroom - Small Greek salad and cheese pizza - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

OK... I have to admit... This review is coming after at least 10 trips to mellow mushroom. Honestly, I would never review Pizza Hut, so I never thought to review the Mushroom. That's not fair to the Mushroom because this is not on the same planet as Pizza Hut. The menu here is varied. That's great because sometimes not everybody wants pizza. So if you're with the group and only some of you want pizza while the rest, want other things, there's more than enough on the menu to satisfy everyone in your party On one of my visits I got meatballs, bruschetta and beer. On other visits, I have gotten slices of pizza... And on others whole pies. Regardless of what you get, the food is going to be really good. I think the mushroom pizza is one of the top five pizza experiences I've had in life. They also serve up a pretty good burger. I am a bit of a pizza snob, and I hate when somebody screws up pizza because it seems so easy to do The people at mellow mushroom know what they're doing. If you're in downtown Winston and you're hungry... You can't go wrong by going here. read more

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Pleasant smiles, delicious food, and timely service. My family went on a slow Sunday afternoon, and despite the small crowd, the food was provided in a timely manner, attentive staff, and an environment where everyone is welcome. This is our go-to place for gluten free pizza for our little one. Also, they can make accommodations such as double slice the pizza (16 slices vs 8 slices), or light bake. We requested light bake on our pretzel and cheese pizza and it came out perfect. read more

Highly Recommend! Mellow Mushroom is our favorite pizza spot The pretzel bites are amazing as well! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pacific Rim - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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The food was amazing, our order had absolutely no issues. We ordered 3 pizzas and 2 orders of wings, and 6 drinks. Our time at the Mellow Mushroom was great until our server came over to us as we were leaving and asked "was your service not good enough" as she did not feel we left enough on the tip. Our bill was $109 and the service was good but I didn't feel it was worth more than $10 considering we were hardly there an hour, didn't ask for anything to be dramatically changed. Which I then proceeded to go back and give her $18 more. She hardly said anything about me giving her more just acting like she wanted more of a tip. Which she got an I now regret giving her that because I felt her approaching us was incredibly rude the way she handled it and I had absolutely no idea how much tip was left. She waited until the person in our party had left to go to the restroom to ask about it. It felt very rude and odd of her to do that. read more

I hadn't been here since the pandemic. We stopped in on a whim for a pizza party. We tried 4 small specialty pizzas cause we couldn't decide. We loved the shiitake mushroom pizza - like the best thing ever. Vibe was same as before, pizza was good, service was good. Park on side street around corner. Walk down street after for a cookie from Camino bakery. Try a specialty pizza - be brave. read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza party - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Most amazingly people just smiled. Smiled when they greeted us at the door and all the way throughout the meal. Beer was good and the Sausagefest Calzone was good. read more

Mellow Mushroom - Modelo - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Came to the location for the first time. Really nice vibe in here. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We ordered To-Go. We ordered a medium pizza and when the order was ready the staff mentioned they made the pizza too small. One of the options was to make another pizza to make up for the size difference. I felt this was a solid move on the staff since they saw a problem and were willing to solve it. Thanks for the nice gesture. We ordered the Holy Shiitake pizza, wow this was such a delicious pizza, the crust was so addictive. Outstanding pizza. Will come back! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Holy Shiitake - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

It was our first time to this chain as we were staying down the street at the Embassy Suites. The inside is fun and the atmosphere is pretty cool. We walked in at 6 PM on a Friday night during a bike run and we're seated immediately. Our waiter came up to us right away, and was very attentive. Took our drink orders - but took about 15 minutes to get them, so we ordered a second round right away. We ordered the wings and they were AMAZING. So tender and the flavor was incredible. We shared the Buffalo chicken pizza for dinner. I thought it was good and had great flavor with the onions and bacon. It did have a lot of crust around the ends (and not much of the toppings)- but that seems to be their style of pizza. All in all it was a cool place in DT WS! Giving a 4-star bc they were out of many of the different tequilas that make the margaritas different on the menu and drinks took quite awhile. read more

Mellow Mushroom - Oven Roasted Wings - amazing flavor! - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Amazing Pizza, Great Atmosphere, 70s Vibe Stumbled upon this super cool pizza place while visiting Wake Forest. The decor was very 70s - very fitting with the name- reminded us of Pizza Planet from Toy Story (without the annoying arcade games). The bar had a very retro feel. There was plenty of seating, indoor and outdoor. Service was great, super friendly and helpful. The pizza was amazing! Perfect sauce to topping ratio. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the Winston-Salem area. read more

I have eaten here a few times over the years. Very popular place with a wait list on the weekends to get in. Located in downtown right on 4th street. It's street parking or parking deck, if you drive in. The pizzas are good. Solid 4 stars. I personally think there are better options close by but Mellow Mushroom is pretty solid. Good draft beer selection. Service is very good. Restaurant is clean. read more

Been in here a couple of times now. Haven't been to any other locations that I'm familiar with, but this one is very nice and clean inside with a trendy ambiance. I've sat at the bar both times just for a beer, but the staff has been friendly and attentive both times. I haven't eaten the food, but everything looks good, from what I've seen others have and smells delicious too! I'm sure I wouldn't be disappointed to get a calzone from here! read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Horrible service, food takes forever. Asked for the manager and he was TOO BUSY to speak to me. Only one channel available on the TV because of electrical issues. Crazy dirty. I would not recommend this location and I won't be back. read more

Mellow Mushroom - Extremely dirty - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

We order from mellow mushroom frequently for takeout/delivery. Who doesn't love a pizza night at home. But, we decided to venture out and get out this time. What they lack in service makes up for in food. It was a quiet weeknight with not patrons. Our waitress was young, and perhaps she didn't like the idea of serving a feral 1.5 year old; but maybe she could have pretended better. The food took a long time, we ordered 1 pizza and a salad. The baby was actually quite calm for the first bit while we waited which I was grateful for but and being younger the waitress probably didn't realize babies move at lightning speed and setting a thing of vinagrette in front of him would encourage him to test these quick reflexes and unleash his feral tendencies to dump the entire dressing on himself but I appreciate her quick action to bring us cloths. The car still smells like vinaigrette from his stroller . The food was excellent, as always but a refill would have been nice, especially seeing as it was a slow night, and the employees were all just hanging around the register chatting most of the time. Will we be back? Yes. We love pizza and their specialties are delicious. Will we eat in restaurant? Probably not. read more

Mellow Mushroom - Realizing pizza is life for the first time in his life. - Pizza Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

My wife and I ordered the Great White pizza and the pretzel bites. Love the pretzel bites! They made an error in the preparation of the pizza, but they corrected it quickly. read more